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• <br />} ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR JANUARY 21, 1997 <br />ROLL <br />The Orono Planning Commission met on the above date with the following members <br />present: Chair Dale Lindquist, Charles Schroeder, Sandra Smith, Lili McMillan, and <br />Elizabeth Hawn. Janice Berg and William Stoddard were absent. The following <br />represented the City Staff: Building and Zoning Administrator Jeanne Mabusth, Assistant <br />Zoning and Planning Administrator Michael Gaffron, City Planner Elizabeth Van <br />Zomeren, and Public Services Director Greg Gappa, and Recorder Sherry Frost. Mayor <br />Jabbour and Council Members Kelley and Goetten were present. Chair Lindquist called <br />the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARINGS/PUBLIC INFORMATION REVIEWS <br />Gaffron informed those in attendance regarding Agenda Item 97, County Road 15 Road <br />Improvement, that the intent of this review at this meeting is to consider wetland <br />mitigation only. Discussion of the design and layout of County Road 15 road <br />improvement would not occur. He reported that the Council will conduct that forum at a <br />meeting in the future. <br />A neighbor inquired if in fact the road improvement would ever occur. Gappa said some <br />research was being conducted and a meeting would be scheduled in a few weeks. This <br />• neighbor asked that the Staff consider the engineering review previously performed. <br />Mel Harrison, 1410 North Shore Drive, reported that he is concerned about safety due to <br />the frequency of motorists making U -turns in the vicinity of his property. He asked when <br />he would have the opportunity would occur to discuss the road hazards to include the <br />problem with speeding along the curve of the roadway. Lindquist informed him he would <br />have that opportunity at the Council level. <br />Jabbour informed the Commission and audience that the discussions regarding the <br />roadway has been underway for the past two years through several public hearings. He <br />noted the final hearing was held in December, 1996, at which time, the Council approved <br />the contract with the County for the County Road 15 road improvement. Jabbour <br />reported that he was willing to discuss the improvements but the approval of the layout <br />has already occurred. He noted that the intersection is a separate issue. The turning lanes <br />and Indian Mounds have been discussed. <br />Jabbour met with those interested in another area of the chambers to inform them of what <br />has already taken place. <br />• <br />